[MacPorts] #18090: python25 broken after [37817]

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#18090: python25 broken after [37817]
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 Reporter:  rasmus@…                              |       Owner:  mww@…            
     Type:  defect                                |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  Normal                                |   Milestone:  Port Bugs        
Component:  ports                                 |     Version:  1.7.0            
 Keywords:  python dlopen environ patch portfile  |        Port:  python25 python26
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Comment(by rasmus@…):

 Replying to [comment:10 ram@…]:
 > Replying to [comment:7 blb@…]:
 > > However, in Modules/posicmodule.c, environ is declared static, but
 when I remove the static portion, smisk appears to work fine.
 >
 > I can also confirm that the attached patch enables me to import native
 modules, in this case the python bindings to the globus toolkit. Without
 this patch I get errors regarding the `_environ` symbol missing, with the
 patch applied they import without error.
 >
 > Looks like this is a solution, whether it is the correct solution is a
 different matter....

 I think the patching should be done in the binary which uses environ
 rather than Python exposing it like a normal libc would. I.e. patching
 lang/python is not the way, but rather patching libfcgi which is in my
 case the binary using environ. (python itself has it's own solution to
 accessing environ on Mac OS X). I have by email submitted patches to the
 libfcgi port, effectively solving the problem.

 I now realize that this issue/change (environ no longer exported by
 python) probably breaks alot of native python modules. A simple grep for
 environ in all .c-files in all python-modules would shed some light on the
 situation.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18090#comment:12>
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